Garment article and method of making the same



March 16, 1948. F. M. SCHWARTZ GARMENT ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Feb. 8, 194e 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 HTTQRNE'Y March 16,v 1948. F. M. SCHWARTZ GARMENT ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Feb. 8, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 UWE/Wm. Fran/rMSc/aarfz afro/1mm Y Patented Mar. 16, 1948 GAnMENr ARTICLE AND Martien or MAKING THE SAME Frank M. Schwartz, New York, N. Y.

Application February 8, 1946, Serial No. 645,255

11 Claims.

This invention relates to articles comprising a non-matting ller and a filler-retaining fabric, to be used as materials for or in garments, and to methods of making the same.

A non-matting filler is a material which consists of libres or elements not having the property of becoming closely intertwined and tangled together, such as downs, feathers, animal hair, kapok, and the like. N ori-matting materials combine high thermo-insulating properties with great lightness and therefore are Very desirable as warmth-imparting fillers in making garments, linings for garments, blankets and the like, and for other similar purposes, but their use has hitherto presented some serious drawbacks. Clearly, the only way non-matting materials can be held together is to enclose them in a bag receptacle. In practice, a bag is filled by blowing the desired amount of non-matting material through an aperture provided in it, and then is sealed, completely enclosing the filler. This latter, however, can still shift about inside the bag, and accumulate in certain sections thereof to the detriment of others, unless it is Curbed by dividing the bag into a number of pockets, separated by stitching lines.

It is obvious that if Ithe filled bag is now cut at any point, the filler will escape, at least from those pockets which are intersected by the cutting line. Therefore the practice hitherto followed in the art has been to precut each bag, before iilling it, to the desired final pattern, thus avoiding a spilling of the filler, which would accompany any recutting operation. However, the necessity of making bags in a number of predetermined patterns, and the fact that each bag can only be used to make one type, shape, and size of piece are serious drawbacks and obstacles to the use of non-matting materials as thermoinsulating fillers in the manufacture of garments, or in other crafts.

A purpose of my invention is to provide a bafof standard shape, filled with anon-matting ma terial, which can be recut to a desired final shape, without spilling any but .a negligible amount of filler.

Another object of my invention is to provide a method of making the aforementioned article.

A further object is to provide a method of making a component piece of a garment, a lining, or the like, out of a bag of standard shape filled with a non-matting material, without spilling any but a negligible amount of the material.

A still further object `is to provide a method which attains the last mentioned object, and

2 which can be carried out mechanically in a safe and efficient way.

Other related and ancillary `objects of my invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.

In' the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan yview of a fragment of a filler bag, with transversal parallel stitching, Dart of the filler-retaining fabric being' broken olf to show the filling.

Fig. 2 is similar to Fig. 1, except that it shows a piece with diagonal cross-stitching.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of a complete bag of the type of Fig. 1, prepared to be cut into several complementary pieces, the cutting paths being indicated as solid lines.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of `one of the pieces cut out of the assembly of Fig. 8, with a piece of an ornamental fabric superimposed and stitched to one face thereof.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5.-.5 of Fig. d.

Referring now indetaijl to the drawings, according to my invention the bag, indicated at l, is cut to a suitable basic, standard shape, shown here as rectangular, and it is blown full, and sealed in a conventional manner alongthe edges at 2. The bag may be of a variety of materials, depending on the purpose to be served by the finished article. In some cases the material must possess ornamental properties, because it will remain exposed to View, while in other cases it will be covered with an ornamental fabric. Therefore the type of bag material is a matter of judicial choice, and will -be generally refered to in the following description as affilier-containing fabric:

The `bag is formed into Ia number `of pockets 3 by sealing it along a number of lines .4. This connes the shifting of the filler 5 to the small areas of the individual pockets, and thus maintains the filling uniform, buoyant, and resiliently packed throughout the bag, as it otherwise would not be, due to the non-matting properties .of the material. Two types .of sealing are shown: par.- allel,'as in Fig. 1,'and cross-sealing, as in `Fig. 2. This latter curbs the .displacement cf the filler in two directions, and, while it is shown as resulting from diagonal Ycross-sealing, it could be attained through longitudinal and transversal sealing. All the sealing 4operations referred to in this description may `be Aperformed by stitching, or in any other suitable way.

If now it is desired to prepare ,the filled bag for re-cutting to make one or :more pieces, for instance ve pieces .6, il, 8, i! `and gli), which maybe part of a coat or coat lining, the bag is sealed along the lines Il, I2, I3, I4 and I5, corresponding to the iinal shape respectively of the desired pieces 5, 'I, 8, 9 and IU. Then it is sealed along the lines IE, I'I, I8, I9 and 20, which are substantially parallel respectively to II, I2, I3, I4 and I 5 and are to the outside of these latter. All pairs of seal lines are prolonged to any desired edge of the bag as shown at' 2 I, 22, 23, 24 and 25.- It is' to be noted that the pieces' are arranged so as to reduce the waste to a minimum. The cutting is to take place in the strips between the parallel lines of the pairs I l-I6, I2--I'I, I3-I8, III-I 9 and I5-20. The cutting paths along which the various pieces will eventually become separated, are indicated in solid lines at 26, 21, 28, 29, 30. Fig. 3 canalso Vbe taken to show Vhow the pieces and the remaining waste part of the bag will look if they are re-assembled after cutting in matching relationship with one another. The distance between the two lines of each of the pairs listed above is such as to allow enough room for the cutting, which is then initiated at 2|, 22, 23, 24 and 25, and can be completed without spilling any fibres except those remaining within the bag in the cutting paths. The amount of these remaining fibres may be reduced to a minimum by beating them or otherwise shifting them, prior to the sealing, to the inside and outside of the seal lines, out of the strips comprised between the parallel lines of each of the above pairs, a task which is made easy precisely by the non-matting character of the filler.

It is important to note that the various operations which, for the sake of perspicuity, have been described as taking place one after the other, can, and in certain cases will. take place concurrently. For instance, a sewing machine equipped with double needles can be used for the sealing, in which case the seal lines are put in in pairs, such as I I-I6. Also, the shifting of the iiller out of the cutting path will then take place immediately ahead of the needles, possibly by mechanical means forming a part of a special sewing machine. Finally, the cutting can be effected by means of a tool immediately following the needles, and also forming part of a special sewing machine. In this case the cutting will be so exact that the parallel lines of each pair may be kept very close together, and the cutting paths may be narrowed, with the attending apparent advantages.

In all cases in which a large number of pieces are produced according to my method, it is advantageous to protect the cutting machine and 4the operator even from the small amount of filler which may have remained in the cutting path, by providing suction at the cutting area through a vacuum arrangement which may be a part of cutting machine, or the combined sewing and cutting machine.

Once the bag has been cut, each piece may be combined, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, in the case of Vpiece 6 with a piece such as 3| of an ornamental fabric, and this latter may be stitched along a curved line 32, the configuration of which is such as to furnish the best bond between the various elements concerned. In the case of 1ining pieces, the ornamental piece covers one face of the bag, and the outer fabric of the garments in which the lining piece is to be employed, will cover the other. In other cases, theornamental piece may be the outside face of the finished article. The ornamental fabric may also be added to the bag receptacle prior to the sealing 121.121,6

of to dene the various pieces, rather than to each piece individually. If so, the fabric will not interfere with or cause any changes in the essential steps of my method.

It is to be understood that the foregoing description has been given merely by way of example, and that many changes are permissible therein, without departing from the spirit of the invention, or exceeding the scope of the appending claims.

I claim:

1. An article to be used in making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising a bag receptacle of any desired basic shape, and a filling of a non-matting material, the two faces of said bag receptacle being sealed together for each component piece to be derived from said bag receptacle, along a first line defining the predetermined nal outline of the component piece, and along a second line outwardly paralleling said first line, both aforementioned lines being extended to at least one edge of the bag receptacle to provide a cutting path.

2. An article to be used in making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising a bag receptacle of any desired basic shape, and a filling of a non-matting material, the two faces of said bag receptacle being sealed together for each component piece to be derived from said bag receptacle, along a rst line defining the predetermined iinal outline of the component piece, and along a second line outwardly paralleling said first line, both aforementioned lines being extended to at least one edge of the bag receptacle to provide a cutting path, and the space comprised within said bag receptacle between said two lines being substantially free of filling.

3. An article to be used in making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising a, bag receptacle of any desired basic shape, and a filling of non-matting material, said bag receptacle being divided into a number of sealed pockets to prevent the shifting of said iilling, andthe two faces of said bag receptacle being sealed together, for each component piece to be derived from said bag receptacle, along a first line defining the predetermined iinal outline of the component piece, and along a second line outwardly paralleling said first line, both aforementioned lines being extended to at least one edge of the bag receptacle to provide a cutting path.

4. A method of making an article to be used in making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising providing a bag receptacle of any desired basic shape; filling the same with a nonmatting filler; sealing the edges thereof; and, for each component to be derived from said bag receptacle, sealing together the two faces of said bag receptacle along a first line defining the predetermined iinal shape of the component piece, and further sealing together said two faces along a second line outwardly paralleling said rst line, both aforementioned lines being extended to at least one edge of said bag receptacle to provide a cutting path.

5. A method of making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising providing a bag receptacle of any desired basic shape; lling the same with a non-matting material; sealing the edges thereof; and, for each component piece to be derived from said bag sealing together the two faces of said bag receptacle along a rst line deiining the predetermined final shape of the component piece, further sealing together said two faces along a second line outwardly paralleling said first line, both aforementioned lines being extended to at least one edge of said bag receptacle to provide a cutting path, and cutting said bag receptacle between said two lines.

6. A method of making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising providing a bag receptacle of any desired basic shape; filling the same with a non-matting material; sealing the edges thereof; and, for each component piece to be derived from said bag receptacle, sealing together the two faces of said bag receptacle along a first line defining the predetermined final shape of the component piece, further sealing together said two faces along a second line outwardly paralleling said rst line subsequent to having caused substantially all of said lling to shift out of the space comprised within said bag receptacle between said two lines, both aforementioned lines being extended to at least one edge of said bag receptacle to provide a cutting path, and cutting said bag receptacle between said two lines.

7. A method of making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising providing a bag receptacle of any desired basic shape; lling the same with a non-matting material; sealing the edges thereof; and, for each component piece to be derived from said bag receptacle, sealing together the two faces of said bag receptacle along a first line dening the predetermined final shape of the component piece, further sealing together said two faces along a second line outwardly paralleling said first line, both aforementioned lines being extended to at least one edge of said bag receptacle to provide a cutting path, applying suction to the space comprised within said bag receptacle between said two lines to capture all of said filling therein, and cutting said bag receptacle between said two lines.

8. A method of making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising providing a bag receptacle of any desired basic shape; lling the same with a non-matting material; sealing the edges thereof; dividing the same into a number of sealed pockets; and, for each component piece to be derived from said bag receptacle, sealing together the two faces of said bag receptacle along a first line defining the predetermined final shape of the component piece, further sealing together said two faces along a second line outwardly paralleling said first line subsequent to having caused substantially all of said lling to shift out of the space comprised within said bag receptacle between said two lines, both aforementioned lines being extended to at least one edge of said receptacle to provide a cutting path, applying suction to the space comprised within said bag receptacle between said two lines to capture any residual lling remaining therein, and cutting said bag receptacle between said two lines.

9. A method of making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising providing a bag receptacle of any desired basic shape; lling the same with a non-matting material; sealing the edges thereof; and, for each component piece to be derived from said bag receptacle, causing substantially all of said filling to shift out of a strip of said bag receptacle which is limited by two parallel lines, the inner of said lines defining the predetermined final shape of the component piece, and both lines extending to at least one edge of said bag receptacle, sealing the two faces of said bag receptacle together along said two parallel lines, and cutting said bag receptacle between said two lines.

10. A method of making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising providing a bag receptacle of any desired basic shape; lling the same with a non-matting material; sealing the edges thereof; and, for each component piece to be derived from said bag receptacle causing substantially all of said filling to shift out of a strip of said bag receptacle which is limited by two parallel lines, the inner of said lines defining the predetermined final shape of the component piece, and both lines extending to at least one edge of said bag receptacle, sealing the two faces of said bag receptacle together along said two parallel lines, applying suction to the space comprised within said bag receptacle between said two lines to capture any residual filling remaining therein; and cutting said receptacle between said two lines.

l1. A method of making component pieces of garments and the like, comprising providing a bag receptacle of any desired basic shape; filling the same with a non-matting material; sealing the edges thereof; superimposing thereto a piece of an ornamental fabric; bonding said piece of ornamental fabric and said bag receptacle together by means of seal lines forming an ornamental pattern; and, for each component piece to be derived from said bag, sealing together the two faces of said bag receptacle along a rst line defining the predetermined nal shape of the component piece, further sealing together said two faces along a second line outwardly paralleling said first line, both aforementioned lines being extended to at least one edge of said bag receptacle to provide a cutting path, and cutting said bag receptacle between said two lines.

FRANK M. SCHWARTZ.

REFERENCES CITED Thompson Nov. 28, 1911 Sladdin Jan. 13, 1925 Number 

